Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Eliurus myoxinus Milne-Edwards, 1855 . Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. Paleontol. (Paris), 20: Art . 1 bis. TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar , Toliara Prov. , Tsilambana . DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous forest and xerophilous habitats in SW and S Madagascar . COMMENTS: Eliurus myoxinus sensu stricto is actually endemic to western biotopes but its range approaches that of eastern species in the extreme south.